Sentences with phrase «lower pectoral»

Note that when you do the bench presses right, they can be quite the perk for your body, but if you overuse them and use them to measure how strong you are, you might overdevelop your lower pectoral muscles in comparison to underdeveloped upper pecs.

By having the bench at this angle, you shift the focus to your lower pectorals (the sternal portion of your chest).

As with the squat, the bench press can be performed with many variations to target areas of the chest more specifically — using the flat bench will hit the middle of the chest, using an incline bench press will work the upper pectorals (and serratus anterior), whilst a decline bench press will hit the lower pectorals.

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With this history of fin evolution in place, the researchers also tested the mechanical properties and sensory system sensitivity in the pectoral fins of four pairs of closely related Labrid species, one with low AR fins and one with independently evolved high AR fins.

Most people have weaker pectoral muscles in this region when compared to the lower chest area, and you should put your upper chest muscles first when it comes to fixing this.

After the dumbbell flyes, lower the dumbbells to the bottom position and stretch your pectoral muscles as far as you can.

This free workout plan, designed for the advanced body builder, targets the lower portion of the pectorals during your chest workout.

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Train your pectoral muscles and give your chest a lift, while at the same time toning your lower abdominals.

Decline dumbbell presses help build definition in the lower portion of your pectoral, or chest muscles.

Move arms out in a wide arc, keeping dumbbells in line with chest, slowly lower dumbbells as far as is comfortable and then return - pressing arms together by contracting and concentrating on your pectorals.

Lower the bar to mid-chest as it makes the exercises highly effective in pectoral stimulation.

In upper crossed syndrome, tightness in the pectoral muscles and latissimus dorsi and weakness in the rhomboids and middle / lower trapezius result in an exaggerated kyphosis of the thoracic spine and a depressed position of the sternum (1,2).

The reason the neck press is so good at activating the pecs is that by flaring your elbows out and lowering the bar to your neck, you are stimulating those pectoral fibers along their line of axis, allowing them to contract optimally.

The clavicular head is sometimes referred to as the upper pec, but the sternal head makes up the bulk of this chest muscle and is the middle and lower portion of the pectorals.

This workout, designed for the advanced body builder, targets the lower portion of the pectorals during your chest workout.

Squeeze the pectoral muscles during the contraction for a moment before slowly lowering the weights to the starting position, where your upper arms should be parallel with the floor.

The final position of the bar over the chest will be directly above the upper pectorals or even towards the throat, higher up the body than the position held before lowering the bar.

This targets the middle and lower portion of your pectorals and also works your lats — the «wings» down the sides of your back.

The incline dumbbell press targets the upper pectoral region, while the decline press really works the lower portion of your chest.

Studies show that the animals caught by predators are generally weaker and more diseased than those killed by manmade sources.6, 7 One study found that «birds killed by cats had significantly lower mass, fat scores, and pectoral muscle mass scores» than birds of the same species killed by cars or windows.8 These studies indicate that cats are catching what some biologists refer to as the «doomed surplus» 9 — animals who would not have lived, and so whose death does not affect overall population levels.